Cigarette-mouthpiece-applying machine.



No. 645,287. Patented Mar. 13; I900. J. S. BEEMAN. CIGARETTE MOUTHPIECE APPLYING MACHINE.

(Application filed June' 7, 1898.)

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No. 645,287. Patented Mar. is, 1900.

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CIGARETTE MOUT HPIEGE APPLYING'MAGHINE.

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CIGARETTE MUUTHPIEGE APPLYING MACHINE.

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No. 645,287. Patented Mar. l3, I900. J. s. BEEMAN.

CIGARETTE MDUTHPIECE APPLYING MACHINE.

(Application filed June 7, 1898.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFI E.-

CIGARETTE-MOUTHPIECE-APPLYING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 645,287, dated March 13, 1900.

Application filed June 7,1898. Serial No. 882,850- (No model.)

ing and applying machines in which paper,

cork, tobacco-leaf, or similar substances are used. The apparatus may be employed for various kinds of coating-such as, for example, applying paste or other adhesive matter, water to moisten material which has been previously coated with adhesive matter, or

coloring-matter in a dry or liquid condition.-

It may also be used for applying the material coated to the article which is to receive it.

A particular application of this invention is illustratedin a machine for coating and applying tips to cigarettes, and I have selected a machine of that type for special description and illustration in the present specification and drawings.

A machine embodying this invention comprises a wetted retainer for holding the strip of material while it is being coated, a coater for applying the adhesive medium, water, coloring, or other coating to the strip, and a lifter for detaching the coated strip from the retainer. In conjunction with these features a holder is sometimes provided which is preferably capable of gripping the article, and a finisher may also be employed to smooth thestrip after it has been applied-to the article.

The retainer comprises a surface orsurfaces capable when wetted of holding a strip of material against the tendency of the coater to displace it while the coating is being applied to it. The retainer is furnished either with grooves, holes, or other accommodation to receive the lifter, which is so formed and operated that the strip of material is raised by it from the wet surface of the retainer. The lifter according to this invention presents a comparatively-dry surface to the strip to be moved and efiects such removal in a direction normal, or approximately so, to the wetted surface. During the coating of the strip the adhesion between it and the wetted surface of the retainer is greater than that between the coater and the coated surface of the. strip, and if the coated surface of the strip is momentarily pressed by the lifter into contact with the article to which it is to be applied the adhesion between the latter and the coated surface is greater than any which would obtain between the uncoated surface and the contiguous face of the lifter.

In cases where the coated strip is not to be immediately applied to an article any convenientmeans may be used to remove the coated. strip from the lifter.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan of one construction of a cigarette-tipping ma'chine provided with improvements according to this invention. Fig. 2 is an end elevation, partly in section, on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section 011 the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4. is a longitudinal vertical section showing a portion of the machine in further detail and to a larger scale. Fig. 5 is an elevation showing another portion oflthe machine, also to a larger scale.

Fig. 6 shows a detail of the machine on a larger scale.

Like letters indicate like parts throughout the drawings.

A is a bed-plate upon which all stationary parts of the machine are rigidly mounted.

B B B are standards which carry in bearings B a shaft 0, from which the various parts of the machine are operated. The shaft 0 has five cams D, D, D D and D mounted upon it and also carries a gear-wheel E. It may be driven by any convenient means, such as a pulley O.

F is a holder comprising a tube F, having an internal spria g F, which enables it to grip the cigarette. The holder F rotates in bearings F on the standard B It is driven from the gear-wheel E by means of gear-wheels E and E the latter being mounted upon the tube F.

Fig. 6 shows the rotating cigarette-holding tube in further detail. In this construction the light spring F is secured to the collar F upon the tube F by means of a small screw F. It is, however, to be understood that other means may be employed for gripping the cigarette in the tube. For instance, the

tube may be made of light springy metal and provided with a slot or slots, so that it exerts a slight pressure upon the cigarette when the latter is introduced into it.

I It is found convenient to arrange the diameters of the gear-wheels E E E so that the holderF makes approximatelysix revolutions to one revolution of the shaft 0.

G is a retaining device illustrating one form of retainer for holding the strip of material while it is being coated. It comprises three hexagonal plates G, having their edges covered with rubber or like material and capable of rotation about an axis G carried by a frame G, which is reciprocated upon guides G by means of the cam D, acting through the levers G and G. The lever G carries a friction-roller G which works in a cam-groove D in the cam D. A trough G containing water or other liquid, is so placed that the lower part of the hexagonal plates G is immersed. The axis G carriesa ratchetwheel G having six teeth, and also another wheel G, which is provided with six flats or hollows on its circumference. A spring H, carried upon the under side of a plate J, supported by standards B and 13, engages with a tooth of the ratchet-wheel G whenv the frame G returns and forces the ratchet-wheel G around to an amount equal to one tooth. The hexagonal plates G turn with the ratchetwheel G and thus once in every completereciprocation of the retaining device Ga freshwetted edge of the hexagonal plates G is turned uppermost. An opening J is formed in the plate J, through which the edges of the plates G pass. A spring G fixed to the frame G presses upon the flats or hollows in the wheel G so that during the reciprocation of the retaining device G the hexagonal plates G are prevented from revolving.

K is a lifting device illustrating one form of lifter and comprises two fingers K, which are carried by a spring K upon the plate J. A hook K is attached to the fingers K, and upon the retaining device G moving backward, this hook K is caught by a spring-rail G carried by the frame G and the lifting device K is consequently depressed until released by passing oh the other end of the spring-rail G. The fingers K are so dis posed that they pass into the spaces between the hexagonal plates G as the latter reciprocate. The spring K is furnished with a pin K, which works in a hole in the plate J, and a screw K is provided, by which the height to which the lifting device K rises may be adjusted.

L is a smoothing device or finisher. It comprises a flat spring L, carrying a plate L at one end and fixed at the other end to a bent lever L This lever L is pivoted at L and carries a friction-roller L upon which the cam D operates. The return of the lever L is caused by the action of a spring L one end of which is fixed to the lever L and the other to a pin L fixed in the standard B M is a pasting device and comprises a cylinder M, having a piston M The pistonrod M is formed with a left-handed screw, upon which a screwed collar M works and carries a ratchet-wheel M The cylinder M is furnished with a longitudinal slot M in its under side near its closed end. It is supported by a bracket M and held in place by a clip M The end of the piston-rod M is held in a slot in an arm M", attached to one of the brackets 13. A felt roller M is placed below the slot M in the cylinder M and rotates, being driven by gear-wheels E and E from the wheel E carried upon the tube F. The relation between the diameters of the gear-wheels E and E is such that the peripheral speed of the felt roller M is slightly greater than the rate of travel during advancement of the retainer G. A curved plate M is attached to the lower portion of the cylinder M and extends partly around the roller M The ratchet-wheel M is moved by an amount equal to one tooth for each complete revolution of the shaft 0. This is caused by the cam D acting upon a pivoted lever N through afriction-roller N against the action of a spring N The lever N terminates in a spring N which catches in the teeth of the ratchet-wheel M when it moves downward, but slips past them when it returns. A light spring M carried upon the arm M serves to prevent the motion of the wheel M except when actuated by the lever N. The screwed collar M upon which the ratchet-wheel M is mounted, bears against the arm M and thus each time the wheel M is turned the piston M is caused to advance slightly into the cylinder M.

O is a hopper into which the cigarettes are placed. It is carried by two of the standards B and a third standard B. The hopper O is provided with a plunger 0', which is reciprocated by a lever 0 pivoted upon the standard B and operated through a friction-roller 0 from the cam D which acts in opposition to a spring 0.

The cigarettes pass from the hopper O-to a trough P, mounted in line with the holderF.

R is a plunger sliding freely in bearings in the standards B It is reciprocated by means of a lever B, one end of which is pivoted to the standard 13. The other end of the lever B works in a guide R fixed upon the plunger R. The motion of the lever R is caused by the cam D acting through a friction-roller R and opposed by the action of the spring R The function of the plunger R is to cause a cigarette to pass from the trough P to the holder F.

In order that when desired the machine may be rotated without cigarettes being fed into the holder F, a catch 0 Fig. 5, is provided, pivoted to the hopper O, as at O", and controlled by a spring Normally this catch 0 is held in the position shown in Fig. 5, but when turned down, as indicated in dotted lines, the catch passes through an position,

opening 0 in the front of the hopper O and cuts off communication between the hopper O and the trough P.

The operation of the machine above described is as follows: Assuming it to be in the position shown in Fig. 1that is to say, the plunger R is just about to move forward, the cam D has just lifted the finisher L out of contact with the cigarette in the holder F, and the hexagonal plates G of the retaining device G have turned and presented a fresh moist edge up through the opening J in the plate J. The shaft 0 now rotates in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 2, and the following operations take place: The plunger R, acted upon by the cam D advances and forces a fresh cigarette from the trough P into the holder F and ejects the cigarette previously contained therein. A strip of material being placed upon the moist edges of the hexagonal plates G is carried by them under the action of the cam D beneath the revolving felt roller M which is supplied with paste from the cylinder M, and delivers it onto the strip beneath it. The pasted strip is then carried by the continued action of the cam D under the end of the cigarette in the holder F, and the lifting device K, which has been depressed by the action of the spring-rail GP upon its hook K is now released and springs up and separates the strip of material from the retaining device G, lifting the strip upward and attaching the end of it to the cigarette in the holder. The lifting device K then recoils to its normal leaving the strip upon the cigarette. Shortly after the rise of the lifting device K the finisher L is allowed to fall through the action of the cam D. Continued rotation of the shaft 0 causes the retaining device G to move back again and to rotate one step under the action of the spring H, and simultaneously the cigarette revolves with the holder F and winds up upon itself the pasted strip of material, which is smoothed as it revolves by the finisher L. The finished cigarette is now ejected by a fresh one, and the process is continued.

The paste for attaching the strips to the cigarette is placed in the cylinder M and is gradually forced out from the slot M onto the felt roller M by the action of the piston M which is urged forward, as previously described, by the ratchet-wheel M mounted upon the screwed collar M The paste is distributed over the felt roller M by the aid of the curved plate M.

It is obvious that many alterations may be made in the construction of machines according to this invention without departing from its spiritfor instance, the retaining device need not necessarily be hexagonal, but may comprise any arrangement of surface or surfaces having either corrugations, depressions, grooves, holes, or other accommodation to receive the lifting device, which is of course varied in construction according to the design of the retaining device.

It will be appreciated that several of the distinctive features of the machine herein described and illustrated may be applied in a more or less similar manner, and such applications would be considered within the scope of the present Letters Patent. One such application would be the employment of the pasting device M in a cigarette-making machine for pasting the edges of the paper.

I claim 1. A machine for applying mouthpieces to cigarettes comprising a support or retainer for the strips, means for imparting a reciprocating movement thereto, combined with an interworking-finger device, K, for lifting the strips from said retainer, and means for wetting the retainer.

2. A machine for applying mouthpieces to cigarettes comprising a support or retainer for the strips, means for rotating said retainer and for imparting a reciprocating movement thereto, combined with an interworking-finger device K for lifting the strips from said retainer, and means for wetting the retainer.

3. A machine for applying mouthpieces to cigarettes comprising a support or retainer for the strips, means for rotating said retainer and for impartinga reciprocating movement thereto, combined with an interworking-finger device K for lifting the strips from said retainer, a revoluble holder for the article to which the strip is applied, and a finishing device for smoothing the strip after its applica tion to the article carried by the revoluble holder.

4- In a machine for the purpose described, the combination of a reciprocating frame, a revolving support or retainer carried by said frame, means for limiting the rotary movement of said retainer, an interworking-finger lifting device K controlled by the movement of said frame for lifting the strips from the retainer, means for supplying a coating to the strips, a revolving holder for the article to which the strip is applied, and a finishing device for smoothing the strip after it is ap plied to the article, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand in the presence of the two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH SAMUEL BEEMAN. lVitnesses:

CHAS. RosE, A. V. HooD. 

